Table 3.
Statistics of the ANOVA with repeated measures to test the effect of storage time on leaf fresh mass of 14 species
| df | Mean square | F | P | |
| Towel moisture (M) | 1 | 4783 | 115.4 | <0.001 |
| Species (Sp) | 13 | 974 | 23.5 | <0.001 |
| M×Sp | 13 | 245.8 | 5.9 | <0.001 |
| Residual | 191 | 41.45 | ||
| Storage time (T) | 2 | 6.01 | 0.74 | 0.475 |
| T×M | 2 | 55.01 | 6.82 | 0.001 |
| T×Sp | 26 | 27.93 | 3.47 | <0.001 |
| T×M×Sp | 26 | 8.56 | 1.06 | 0.383 |
| Residual | 382 | 8.06 |
The ratio of the leaf fresh mass at the given time (24, 48, and 72 h) to the initial fresh mass (0 h) was the dependent variable, towel moisture, and species were the independent variables. The ratio was reciprocally transformed (y' = 1/(y–0.97)) to attain normality.